Stephen TotiloYesterday 2:55pm85130EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkYou can e-mail us tips at tips@kotaku.com or send them directly to any of our writers. You can follow us on Twitter or Facebook. You can even subscribe to our new, daily newsletter. We have a YouTube page, too. You can subscribe to our podcast, Kotaku Splitscreen, on iTunes. For a list of all Kotaku subsites, click…
Scraps From Covering Video Games A Decade AgoStephen Totilo8/30/16 3:10pm8727EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThis past weekend, I found a couple of small box in my apartment full of memories from when I was writing about video games for MTV News a decade ago. They might as well have been a buried time capsule.
A Note To Readers Stephen Totilo6/10/16 3:34pm669159EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe news is out that Gawker Media, our parent company, is up for sale as part of a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This was due to an unprecedented legal assault financed in secret by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. What does that mean for Kotaku? Thankfully, not much. We aren’t going anywhere.
Chat With The Kotaku Staff About E3 And MoreStephen Totilo6/06/16 2:06pm2306EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkPeople, it’s less than a week until the big E3 press conferences begin and you just might be in the mood to talk about the big show. Or maybe you just want to talk about games that are out now or about Kotaku. Got questions? We’ll do our best to answer!
Regarding A Fake Kotaku ArticleStephen Totilo6/03/16 2:59pm39975EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAn article concocted to attack one of our writers and our publication as a whole several years ago continues to make the rounds, most recently in a video that’s garnered more than 500,000 views on YouTube in the last two days.
Sign Up For The Kotaku Newsletter To Get Our Top Stories E-mailed Directly To YouStephen Totilo3/28/16 11:18am315EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWe’ve launched an official Kotaku Newsletter, full of our top stories of the day. To get it e-mailed to you daily, take five seconds to sign up right here. It’ll show up around 4pm ET.
The 100 Most Popular Kotaku Stories Of 2015Stephen Totilo1/01/16 4:00am2812EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIn 2015, you liked reading about Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3. You liked lists of top games. You mourned the passing of gaming icons. You craved scoops and post-release coverage (phew!), and you enjoyed getting excited about the Final Fantasy VII remake. You also liked reading about sex. Hey, nothing bad about that!…
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo12/21/15 9:00am41EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkAs the year winds down, we ran our annual round-up of best surprises and biggest disappointments. Disappointments got the better traffic yet again! Both posts were among my favorites of the week, as were these five:
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo12/14/15 11:25am92EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt’s not just the Christmas season that seems to start earlier each year. The year-in-review season is on its way to a November launch, too. We hold out as long as possible, to give the full 12 months our consideration, but we did spend part of last week assessing the states of the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U in 2015.…
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo12/07/15 1:17pm53EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt’s supposed to get slow in December, but it sure wasn’t slow last week, not with fresh game releases, some new controversies, a big awards show and a PlayStation fan festival full of game announcements. My favorite stuff from what we ran last week:
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo11/30/15 4:33pmEditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkShort week last week. But we wedged some good stuff into it, I dare say. My favorites:
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo11/23/15 7:25pmEditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkLast week was... interesting. We ran some huge reviews, discovered a flaw in a widely-reported piece of news and stirred up some controversy over some blacklist.
Stephen Totilo11/20/15 12:29pm132EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWe’re hiring! We’re looking for a NYC-based managing editor. If you think you’re perfect for the job, apply here.
A Price Of Games JournalismStephen Totilo11/19/15 12:30pm1.3K726EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkFor the past two years, Kotaku has been blacklisted by Bethesda, the publisher of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. For the past year, we have also been, to a lesser degree, ostracized by Ubisoft, publisher of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and more.
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo11/16/15 2:03pmEditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhat a week. Good stories. See below.
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo11/09/15 1:41pm31EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkLast week was the calm before the Fallout 4 storm, a good week to find some unexpected stories, which the team did marvelously. Here are my favorites:
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo11/02/15 3:19pm21EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThis is late late late. No matter, last week boiled down to some gems, to mix-metaphors. Allow me to re-highlight them, and please don’t judge harshly that I picked one of my own.
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo10/26/15 12:23pm106EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkShort and sweet this time, topped by one of the best investigative pieces we’ve ever run.
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last WeekStephen Totilo10/19/15 12:48pm1EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt’s been a quieter fall than normal for big game releases, but we’ve been covering a slew of smaller new games and finding plenty of interesting stories. My favorites from last week:
Stephen Totilo10/16/15 11:31am14821EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe popular PC gaming YouTuber John “Total Biscuit” Bain told his fans yesterday that his cancer has returned and that life expectancy may be 2-3 years. We wish anyone who suffers from this terrible disease all the best and encourage everyone to talk to their doctor about when to get screenings. I’ve enjoyed chatting…